The Wilderness Society

WILDLIFE REFUGES

A system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants.

Campaign Updates

A Return to Environmental Funding

February 27, 2009 - There’s an old saying about “death by a thousand cuts.” Those words could easily be used to describe how federal environmental programs fared during the eight long years of the Bush administration. Throughout those years, in agency after agency, programs vital to the health of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the well-being of our nation’s beloved forests, parks, and wildlife refuges were systematically bled of the money they needed to assure their survival. Here are just a few of the many examples of the damage: more

How we benefit from wilderness legislation

February 25, 2009 - In wilderness, nature rules. Wilderness is nature in the raw — a place undeveloped, untrammeled and unspeakably beautiful. It's a place open and accessible to anyone — sportsmen, anglers, hikers, backpackers, equestrians, climbers and others — who are willing to venture out and survive, if even for a short while, at the mercy of their wits and the elements. more

A new era begins for wild lands: Welcome Mr. President!

January 20, 2009 - For the past eight years, The Wilderness Society and other conservationists have fought constantly to protect America’s natural treasures from an administration more interested in promoting commercial development of them. more